Pikesville Teen Charged with Murder in Deadly Stabbing

BALTIMORE COUNTY, MD — A Pikesville teen has been charged with murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old boy Wednesday night in Milford Mill, police said.

Markel Justin Dates, 17, of the unit block of Tentmill Lane, was charged as an adult with first-degree murder, officials said Thursday.

The charge stems from the death of a Randallstown teen found with at least one stab wound to the upper body on Twin Lakes Court after 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. Authorities found the teen after someone reported a person unconscious in the street near Church Lane, police said.

First responders administered first aid to Moses Ayele Lorenso, 15, of the 4100 block of Hanwell Road, who was taken to Sinai Hospital and pronounced deceased, according to officials, who later identified Dates as the suspect.

Police said Lorenso and Dates had been involved in an ongoing dispute when they came across each other while walking on Twin Lakes Court Wednesday night.

They argued verbally, then the fight turned physical, police said. It ended with Dates allegedly pulling out a knife and stabbing Lorenso, then running from the scene, according to authorities.

Dates was being held at the Baltimore County Detention Center without bail.

Booking photo of Markel Justin Dates courtesy of the Baltimore County Police Department.